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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A crowd control barrier
  • A party, festive function
  • A short-lived and unrequited love or infatuation; the object of this infatuation.
  • A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling
  • A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
  • A violent crowding
  • Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a reception.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force
  • To feel infatuation with or unrequited love for.
  • To oppress or burden grievously.
  • To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
  • To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.
  • To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass.
  • To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute.

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